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List of municipalities in Granada

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Map of the province of Granada with its municipalities
Map of the municipalities in the province of Granada

Granada is a province in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 174 municipalities. As of the 2024 Spanish census, Granada is the 17th largest of the 50 provinces by population, with 939,741 inhabitants,[1] and the 15th largest by land area, spanning 12,645.41 square kilometres (4,882.42 sq mi).[2][3] Municipalities are the basic local political division in Spain[4] and can only belong to one province.[5] They enjoy a large degree of autonomy in their local administration, being in charge of tasks such as urban planning, water supply, lighting, roads, local police, and firefighting.[6]

The organisation of municipalities in Spain is outlined in a local government law (Spanish: Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local; transl. Law 7/1985, of 2 April, Regulating the Bases of the Local Administration) passed on 2 April 1985[7] and finalised by an 18 April 1986 royal decree.[8] The Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia also contains provisions concerning the relations between the municipalities and the autonomous government of Andalusia.[9] All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside.[10] Each municipality is a corporation with independent legal personhood: its governing body is called the ayuntamiento (municipal council or corporation),[11] a term often also used to refer to the municipal offices (city and town halls). The ayuntamiento is composed of the mayor (Spanish: alcalde), the deputy mayors (tenientes de alcalde) and the plenary assembly (pleno) of councillors (concejales).[12] Municipalities are categorised by population for the purpose of determining the number of councillors: three when the population is up to 100 inhabitants, five for 101–250, seven for 251–1,000, nine for 1,001–2,000, eleven for 2,001–5,000, thirteen for 5,001–10,000, seventeen for 10,001–20,000, twenty-one for 20,001–50,000, and twenty-five for 50,001–100,000. One councillor is added for every additional 100,000 inhabitants, with a further one added when the number of councillors based on this methodology would be even in order to prevent tied votes.[13]

The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage.[14] Elections in municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants are carried out following a proportional representation system with closed lists,[13] whilst those with a population lower than 250 use a block plurality voting system with open lists.[15] The plenary assembly must meet periodically at the seat of the ayuntamiento, with meetings occurring more or less frequently depending on the population of the municipality: monthly for those whose population is larger than 20,000, once every two months if it ranges between 5,001 and 20,000, and once every three months if it does not exceed 5,000.[16] Many ayuntamientos also have a local governing board (Spanish: junta de gobierno local), which is named by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of more than 5,000 inhabitants.[12] The board, whose role is to assist the mayor between meetings of the plenary assembly, may not include more than one third of the councillors.[17]

The largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2024 Spanish census is Granada, its capital, with 233,532 residents, while the smallest is Lobras, with 136 residents.[18] The largest municipality by area is Baza, which spans 545.39 square kilometres (210.58 sq mi), while Cájar is the smallest at 1.65 square kilometres (0.64 sq mi).[2]

Municipalities

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  • Largest municipalities in the province of Granada by population
  • View of Granada's Alhambra from Saint Nicholas's balcony, with Sierra Nevada in the background
    Granada is the province's capital and largest municipality by population.
  • Aerial view of Motril, with snowy mountains in the background
    Motril, the second largest municipality by population in the province of Granada
  • Aerial view of Almuñécar, with a football stadium and the coast
    Almuñécar is the province of Granada's third largest municipality by population.
  • Entrance to a fair, with a sign that reads the name of the town, Armilla
    Armilla, the province of Granada's fourth largest municipality by population
  • Panoramic view of Las Gabias, with residential buildings and a church tower
    Las Gabias, the fifth largest municipality by population in the province of Granada
  • View of a church, with snow on the rooftop
    Maracena is the province of Granada's third largest municipality by population.

†  Provincial capital

Municipalities in the province of Granada
Name Population
(2024 census)[18] 		Population
(2011 census)[19] 		Population change Land area (km²)[2] Population density
(2024)
Agrón 244 338 −27.8% 27.00 9.0/km2
Alamedilla 546 693 −21.2% 90.71 6.0/km2
Albolote 19,554 18,066 +8.2% 78.58 248.8/km2
Albondón 731 911 −19.8% 34.48 21.2/km2
Albuñán 424 431 −1.6% 8.53 49.7/km2
Albuñol 7,405 6,610 +12.0% 62.94 117.7/km2
Albuñuelas 794 949 −16.3% 140.05 5.7/km2
Aldeire 591 666 −11.3% 70.07 8.4/km2
Alfacar 5,813 5,521 +5.3% 16.73 347.5/km2
Algarinejo 2,331 3,060 −23.8% 92.11 25.3/km2
Alhama de Granada 5,649 6,225 −9.3% 419.60 13.5/km2
Alhendín 10,424 7,580 +37.5% 50.56 206.2/km2
Alicún de Ortega 456 509 −10.4% 22.83 20.0/km2
Almegíjar 328 414 −20.8% 29.42 11.1/km2
Almuñécar 27,699 26,969 +2.7% 83.36 332.3/km2
Alpujarra de la Sierra 962 1,140 −15.6% 68.53 14.0/km2
Alquife 545 729 −25.2% 12.19 44.7/km2
Arenas del Rey 615 2,012 −69.4% 92.81 6.6/km2
Armilla 25,350 22,593 +12.2% 4.31 5,881.7/km2
Atarfe 20,492 16,790 +22.0% 47.25 433.7/km2
Baza 20,575 21,276 −3.3% 545.39 0.0/km2
Beas de Granada 1,010 1,034 −2.3% 23.20 43.5/km2
Beas de Guadix 316 382 −17.3% 16.24 19.5/km2
Benalúa 3,344 3,348 −0.1% 8.66 386.1/km2
Benalúa de las Villas 1,024 1,353 −24.3% 21.65 47.3/km2
Benamaurel 2,247 2,422 −7.2% 127.88 17.6/km2
Bérchules 698 811 −13.9% 69.59 10.0/km2
Bubión 315 345 −8.7% 14.86 21.2/km2
Busquístar 313 328 −4.6% 18.03 17.4/km2
Cacín 535 605 −11.6% 39.61 13.5/km2
Cádiar 1,534 1,618 −5.2% 47.32 32.4/km2
Cájar 5,488 4,781 +14.8% 1.65 3,326.1/km2
La Calahorra 678 764 −11.3% 39.45 17.2/km2
Calicasas 665 596 +11.6% 11.25 59.1/km2
Campotéjar 1,250 1,357 −7.9% 35.82 34.9/km2
Caniles 3,928 4,691 −16.3% 216.85 18.1/km2
Cáñar 401 424 −5.4% 26.35 15.2/km2
Capileira 578 554 +4.3% 56.90 10.2/km2
Carataunas 227 183 +24.0% 4.66 48.7/km2
Cástaras 215 277 −22.4% 28.36 7.6/km2
Castilléjar 1,300 1,496 −13.1% 131.32 9.9/km2
Castril 1,969 2,387 −17.5% 243.26 8.1/km2
Cenes de la Vega 8,343 7,844 +6.4% 6.49 1,285.5/km2
Chauchina 5,798 5,143 +12.7% 21.21 273.4/km2
Chimeneas 1,241 1,445 −14.1% 90.33 13.7/km2
Churriana de la Vega 16,706 13,091 +27.6% 6.57 2,542.8/km2
Cijuela 3,729 3,106 +20.1% 17.92 208.1/km2
Cogollos de Guadix 635 730 −13.0% 30.26 21.0/km2
Cogollos de la Vega 2,097 2,027 +3.5% 49.87 42.0/km2
Colomera 1,284 1,484 −13.5% 111.98 11.5/km2
Cortes de Baza 1,795 2,206 −18.6% 140.56 12.8/km2
Cortes y Graena 967 1,053 −8.2% 22.40 43.2/km2
Cuevas del Campo 1,802 1,970 −8.5% 96.61 18.7/km2
Cúllar 3,937 4,556 −13.6% 427.53 9.2/km2
Cúllar Vega 7,818 7,068 +10.6% 4.27 1,830.9/km2
Darro 1,700 1,505 +13.0% 50.35 33.8/km2
Dehesas de Guadix 383 486 −21.2% 56.95 6.7/km2
Dehesas Viejas 641 No data[a] 13.80 46.4/km2
Deifontes 2,620 2,581 +1.5% 40.48 64.7/km2
Diezma 819 811 +1.0% 42.09 19.5/km2
Dílar 2,322 1,818 +27.7% 79.28 29.3/km2
Dólar 606 620 −2.3% 78.59 7.7/km2
Domingo Pérez de Granada 835 No data[b] 48.68 17.2/km2
Dúdar 376 327 +15.0% 8.37 44.9/km2
Dúrcal 7,218 7,272 −0.7% 76.63 94.2/km2
Escúzar 843 806 +4.6% 46.39 18.2/km2
Ferreira 303 351 −13.7% 43.58 7.0/km2
Fonelas 964 1,102 −12.5% 96.44 10.0/km2
Fornes 532 No data[c] 15.15 35.1/km2
Freila 947 1,044 −9.3% 74.51 12.7/km2
Fuente Vaqueros 4,633 4,481 +3.4% 16.07 288.3/km2
Las Gabias 23,492 18,282 +28.5% 39.06 601.4/km2
Galera 1,107 1,191 −7.1% 118.29 9.4/km2
Gobernador 239 324 −26.2% 23.01 10.4/km2
Gójar 6,334 5,248 +20.7% 11.97 529.2/km2
Gor 763 886 −13.9% 181.03 4.2/km2
Gorafe 372 470 −20.9% 77.05 4.8/km2
Granada† 233,532 241,003 −3.1% 88.11 2,650.5/km2
Guadahortuna 1,846 2,039 −9.5% 121.24 15.2/km2
Guadix 18,729 18,816 −0.5% 324.20 57.8/km2
Los Guájares 1,136 1,152 −1.4% 89.32 12.7/km2
Gualchos 5,297 4,530 +16.9% 31.03 170.7/km2
Güéjar Sierra 2,944 2,978 −1.1% 238.95 12.3/km2
Güevéjar 2,693 2,547 +5.7% 9.75 276.2/km2
Huélago 371 353 +5.1% 32.62 11.4/km2
Huéneja 1,189 1,233 −3.6% 116.74 10.2/km2
Huéscar 7,232 7,974 −9.3% 472.86 15.3/km2
Huétor de Santillán 1,944 1,855 +4.8% 93.27 20.8/km2
Huétor Tájar 10,670 10,113 +5.5% 39.94 267.2/km2
Huétor Vega 12,279 11,844 +3.7% 4.24 2,896.0/km2
Íllora 9,908 10,594 −6.5% 197.44 50.2/km2
Ítrabo 994 1,061 −6.3% 19.01 52.3/km2
Iznalloz 5,172 6,970 −25.8% 247.63 20.9/km2
Játar 616 No data[d] 9.87 62.4/km2
Jayena 996 1,174 −15.2% 79.52 12.5/km2
Jérez del Marquesado 982 1,052 −6.7% 82.75 11.9/km2
Jete 996 876 +13.7% 13.91 71.6/km2
Jun 4,174 3,548 +17.6% 3.69 1,131.2/km2
Juviles 148 158 −6.3% 14.99 9.9/km2
Láchar 3,805 3,188 +19.4% 13.12 290.0/km2
Lanjarón 3,678 3,794 −3.1% 60.38 60.9/km2
Lanteira 544 597 −8.9% 52.78 10.3/km2
Lecrín 2,274 2,248 +1.2% 40.49 56.2/km2
Lentegí 353 338 +4.4% 23.76 14.9/km2
Lobras 136 152 −10.5% 16.05 8.5/km2
Loja 20,814 21,431 −2.9% 447.49 46.5/km2
Lugros 311 343 −9.3% 63.28 4.9/km2
Lújar 493 475 +3.8% 36.88 13.4/km2
La Malahá 1,881 1,845 +2.0% 25.42 74.0/km2
Maracena 22,370 21,560 +3.8% 4.89 4,574.6/km2
Marchal 430 439 −2.1% 7.81 55.1/km2
Moclín 3,538 4,153 −14.8% 113.11 31.3/km2
Molvízar 2,768 3,174 −12.8% 21.47 128.9/km2
Monachil 8,591 7,407 +16.0% 88.92 96.6/km2
Montefrío 5,282 6,016 −12.2% 253.91 20.8/km2
Montejícar 2,030 2,383 −14.8% 87.57 23.2/km2
Montillana 1,058 1,361 −22.3% 75.17 14.1/km2
Moraleda de Zafayona 3,140 3,248 −3.3% 48.16 65.2/km2
Morelábor 588 742 −20.8% 38.55 15.3/km2
Motril 59,867 60,460 −1.0% 103.31 579.5/km2
Murtas 442 614 −28.0% 71.70 6.2/km2
Nevada 1,099 1,165 −5.7% 77.31 14.2/km2
Nigüelas 1,234 1,182 +4.4% 30.93 39.9/km2
Nívar 1,069 969 +10.3% 11.18 95.6/km2
Ogíjares 15,047 13,415 +12.2% 6.95 2,165.0/km2
Orce 1,146 1,285 −10.8% 324.66 3.5/km2
Órgiva 5,747 5,523 +4.1% 134.14 42.8/km2
Otívar 1,049 1,193 −12.1% 57.47 18.3/km2
Padul 9,536 8,471 +12.6% 89.15 107.0/km2
Pampaneira 316 358 −11.7% 17.47 18.1/km2
Pedro Martínez 1,146 1,228 −6.7% 136.90 8.4/km2
Peligros 11,661 11,137 +4.7% 10.14 1,150.0/km2
La Peza 1,114 1,291 −13.7% 101.29 11.0/km2
El Pinar 873 1,011 −13.6% 38.01 23.0/km2
Pinos Genil 1,643 1,385 +18.6% 13.99 117.4/km2
Pinos Puente 9,722 13,112 −25.9% 92.94 104.6/km2
Píñar 1,076 1,268 −15.1% 125.84 8.6/km2
Polícar 266 229 +16.2% 5.38 49.4/km2
Polopos 1,671 1,789 −6.6% 26.50 63.1/km2
Pórtugos 388 385 +0.8% 20.83 18.6/km2
Puebla de Don Fadrique 2,203 2,375 −7.2% 522.69 4.2/km2
Pulianas 5,653 5,184 +9.0% 6.33 893.0/km2
Purullena 2,358 2,314 +1.9% 21.46 109.9/km2
Quéntar 949 1,014 −6.4% 66.49 14.3/km2
Rubite 434 430 +0.9% 28.55 15.2/km2
Salar 2,602 2,780 −6.4% 84.35 30.8/km2
Salobreña 12,608 12,582 +0.2% 34.91 361.2/km2
Santa Cruz del Comercio 512 580 −11.7% 16.89 30.3/km2
Santa Fe 15,301 15,280 +0.1% 38.30 399.5/km2
Soportújar 283 278 +1.8% 14.16 20.0/km2
Sorvilán 510 557 −8.4% 34.33 14.9/km2
La Taha 789 757 +4.2% 25.59 30.8/km2
Torre-Cardela 714 942 −24.2% 15.19 47.0/km2
Torrenueva Costa 3,121 No data[e] 6.47 482.4/km2
Torvizcón 620 733 −15.4% 51.43 12.1/km2
Trevélez 703 805 −12.7% 90.96 7.7/km2
Turón 215 292 −26.4% 55.58 3.9/km2
Ugíjar 2,572 2,644 −2.7% 66.96 38.4/km2
Valderrubio 2,078 No data[f] 5.53 375.8/km2
El Valle 947 1,134 −16.5% 25.84 36.6/km2
Valle del Zalabí 2,118 2,313 −8.4% 108.68 19.5/km2
Válor 673 722 −6.8% 58.57 11.5/km2
Vegas del Genil 12,323 9,724 +26.7% 14.14 871.5/km2
Vélez de Benaudalla 3,041 2,864 +6.2% 79.11 38.4/km2
Ventas de Huelma 676 703 −3.8% 42.44 15.9/km2
Villa de Otura 7,600 6,923 +9.8% 24.60 308.9/km2
Villamena 1,005 1,043 −3.6% 20.18 49.8/km2
Villanueva de las Torres 520 687 −24.3% 66.89 7.8/km2
Villanueva Mesía 1,980 2,107 −6.0% 11.16 177.4/km2
Víznar 996 943 +5.6% 13.00 76.6/km2
Zafarraya 2,239 2,195 +2.0% 70.63 31.7/km2
Zagra 890 955 −6.8% 11.34 78.5/km2
La Zubia 20,077 18,425 +9.0% 20.11 998.4/km2
Zújar 2,623 3,012 −12.9% 102.12 25.7/km2
Province of Granada 939,741[25] 922,100[26] +1.9% 12,645.41 74.3/km2
Andalusia 8,631,862[25] 8,371,270[26] +3.1% 87,587.59 98.6/km2
Spain 48,619,695[25] 46,815,916[26] +3.9% 504,755.17 96.3/km2

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dehesas Viejas was partitioned from Iznalloz and became an independent municipality in 2014[20] and is thus not included in the 2011 census.
  2. ^ Domingo Pérez de Granada was partitioned from Iznalloz and became an independent municipality in 2015[21] and is thus not included in the 2011 census.
  3. ^ Fornes was partitioned from Arenas del Rey and became an independent municipality in 2018[22] and is thus not included in the 2011 census.
  4. ^ Játar was partitioned from Arenas del Rey and became an independent municipality in 2015[23] and is thus not included in the 2011 census.
  5. ^ Torrenueva Costa was partitioned from Motril and became an independent municipality in 2018[22] and is thus not included in the 2011 census.
  6. ^ Valderrubio was partitioned from Pinos Puente and became an independent municipality in 2013[24] and is thus not included in the 2011 census.

References

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  1. ^ "Censo anual de población 2021-2024. Resultados nacionales, por comunidades autónomas y provincias. Población por sexo, edad (año a año) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población" (in Spanish). Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Superficie y población de las provincias". Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  4. ^ BOE 1985, p. 11.
  5. ^ BOE 1985, p. 14.
  6. ^ BOE 1985, pp. 22–23.
  7. ^ BOE 1985.
  8. ^ BOE 1986.
  9. ^ BOE 2007, p. 24.
  10. ^ BOE 1985, p. 15.
  11. ^ BOE 1985, pp. 13–14.
  12. ^ a b BOE 1985, p. 19.
  13. ^ a b LOREG 1985, p. 65.
  14. ^ LOREG 1985, p. 7.
  15. ^ LOREG 1985, p. 66.
  16. ^ BOE 1985, p. 33.
  17. ^ BOE 1985, p. 21.
  18. ^ a b "Censo anual de población 2021-2024. Resultados por municipios. Población por sexo, edad (grupos quinquenales) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011. Resultados Municipales - Granada. Población por municipios, sexo y edad (año a año)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Independizado como municipio Dehesas Viejas (Granada)". elDiario.es (in Spanish). 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Domingo Pérez de Granada se constituye como nuevo municipio de Andalucía". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  22. ^ a b Troyano, Rafael (2 October 2018). "Nacen Fornes y Torrenueva Costa como nuevos munipios de Granada". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  23. ^ "Independizado como municipio Dehesas Viejas (Granada)". Ideal (in Spanish). 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  24. ^ "La Junta aprueba la creación del nuevo municipio de Valderrubio". Ideal (in Spanish). 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  25. ^ a b c "Censo anual de población 2021-2024. Resultados nacionales, por comunidades autónomas y provincias. Población por sexo, edad (año a año) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera)" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  26. ^ a b c "Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011. Resultados Nacionales, por Comunidades Autónomas y Provincias. Población según comunidad autónoma y provincia y sexo" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2025.

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